Quality Foods hits milestone of 2 million meals donated!
In donating its unsold food to local charities, Quality Foods is providing hunger-relief organizations with a regular and reliable supply of fresh food donations. ...
05 December, 2024
Retail Food Recovery Program
Georgia Main staff roll up their sleeves to support the Immigrant Link Centre Society
To mark Hunger Action Month, the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, store staff see firsthand the impact of their food donations on the community....
16 October, 2024
Safeway Vernon partners with FoodMesh to significantly reduce its food waste and support the community
Find out how FoodMesh has helped this store significantly reduce its organic waste output to the point of being almost "irrelevant"...
02 July, 2024
Salvation Army Vernon offers a house of hope for North Okanagan residents
Find out how this extraordinary charity turns rescued food into connections and support for its clientele ...
26 June, 2024
Diverting food waste and guiding youth away from danger
This guest post by Dan's Legacy tells the story of how it is using rescued food as a tool to provide vulnerable youth with valuable life skills...
20 June, 2024
FoodMesh network hits 50 million meals rescued milestone
Since FoodMesh opened its doors in 2017, the organizations we work with have diverted a staggering volume food away from waste streams, and onto the plates of people in our community who need it. ...
02 May, 2024
This Stop Food Waste Day, see how Fresh St. Market Langley uses its unsold food to support local residents
Learn more about how Fresh St. Market Langley is ensuring its unsold food is being put to good use, so it doesn't end up in waste streams....
24 April, 2024
Fresh St. Market hits milestone of 2 million meals donated!
In donating its unsold food to local charities, Fresh St. Market is providing hunger-relief organizations with a regular and reliable supply of fresh food donations. ...
23 April, 2024
FoodMesh program matching perishable food to those in need hits 3.5 million meals donated from IGA and Fresh St. Market stores in B.C.
Over 220 B.C. charities are distributing produce, meats, and dairy directly from grocers...
23 April, 2024
IGA of BC hits milestone of 1.5 million meals donated!
See where these donations are going and the impact they are having on the local community. ...
05 March, 2024
Nourishing body and soul
How Potter’s Place Mission and IGA West 4th have teamed up to provide nourishing meals to residents of Vancouver’s downtown eastside...
23 January, 2024
Fresh St. Market diverts 1 million KG of food away from waste streams
Since Fresh St. Market started working with FoodMesh in April 2020, its seven stores has donated 1 million KG of its unsold food to local charitable organizations...
12 December, 2023
IGA and Salvation Army team up to serve hope on the Sunshine Coast
Together, they have served 117,436 meals to people in need, keeping 63,885 KG of food out of waste streams. ...
11 December, 2023
How Save-On-Foods surpassed its food waste reduction goals and set a new standard for sustainability in the grocery industry
And supports over 3,000 hunger-relief organizations and hobby farmers in the process....
16 August, 2023
A day with CityReach (and their bees!)
The FoodMesh team paid CityReach Care Society a visit, and enjoyed a tour of its rooftop beehives while they were at it....
04 July, 2023
How Fresh St. Market’s partnership with Surrey-based charity is changing peoples’ lives
Since Fresh. St Market in Fleetwood Park Village partnered with VISHWA, it has helped provide approximately 50,230 meals to people as a result, some as far afield as Boston Bar....
13 March, 2023
IGA of BC donates 1 million meals to vulnerable people in our communities
IGA of BC has donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to 160 hunger-relief organizations since its partnership with FoodMesh began in April 2020. ...
02 November, 2022
Fresh St. Market donates 1 million meals to people in need
Since FoodMesh and Fresh St. Market joined forces in April 2020, its seven stores have collectively donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to 117 charities across the province...
11 October, 2022
How the circular economy can make the world better
In the latest issue of 'Make The World Better' magazine, which shines a light on how the circular economy is writing a new ending for waste, Jessica Regan talks about how organizations wanting to take a stand against food waste can get started....
04 October, 2022
Most Canadians worry about surging grocery bill, nearly half want help cutting waste: Survey
In this Vancouver Sun story, Jessica Regan talks about how FoodMesh is trying to change peoples' perception that unsalable food is no longer edible...
28 September, 2022